Posted by M.I.5� on 01/04/07 14:10

"chrisv" <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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> Bobbie wrote:
>
>>Uuuum, because if they bought that HDTV with HDMI input prior to February
>>of 2006 they'd be SOL so far as connecting a HDCP compliant device to that
>>old and now antiquated HDMI television. I'd mush rather leave the unusable
>>antique hanging in the living room and just buy a decent 16:9 monitor for
>>the computer. It'd be much cheaper.
>
> Sorry, but I'm lost. I'd have sworn that HDCP has been built-into
> digital televisions for years.

It has, but the older HDCP was broken sometime in 2005. A new version had
to be deployed or the movie distributors threatened to shun the HD formats.
The down side is that anyone who has a TV that only supports the older HDCP
standard really is SOOL and won't be able to view protected HD material via
the HDMI ports. Part of the HDCP standard provides that it is not
upgradeable.

> I'd have sworn that my
> several-year-old widescreen CRT box, which is too old to have HDMI on
> it, has a fully HDCP-compliant DVI input.
>

If it has then it is only compliant to the older standard. HDCP was not
common on DVI inputs.

> Please provide proof of your assertions that HDCP has "changed" so
> that older HDCP-compliant displays will not work.
>
> In any case, you can still use the component-video inputs.
>

Except that the component video outputs are either downconverted (rare as it
requires extra hardware) or (more usually) disabled during the playing of
protected content. Like DVD-Audio, the disk can be coded to allow full
resolution video output, but most content providers are unlikely to do that.

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